purify Definition
pu·rify (pyo̵or′ə fī′)
transitive verb -·fied′, -·fy′·ing
- to rid of impurities or pollution
- to free from guilt, sin, or ceremonial uncleanness
- to free from incorrect or corrupting elements
- to purge (of or from)
Etymology: ME purifien < OFr purifier < L purificare: see pure & -fy
intransitive verb
to become purified
purify Related Forms
purify Synonyms
purify
v.
purify Usage Examples
Object
- antigen: From there, we purify the antigens in an additional one to two weeks to create the vaccine.
- protein: Ling's answer is that purified isolated proteins are not at all what they are like within the cell.
- antibody: It is the preparation of purified antibody that is injected into the victim.
- DNA: We offer a selection of high quality, purified genomic DNA suitable for a wide spectrum of genetic research applications.
- insulin: Conventional enzymatic or chemical cleavage techniques and downstream processing methods are employed to produce purified insulin.
- water: Even major hotels may not purify the water taken from unsafe mains supplies.
Subject
- chromatography: The product is extracted using a series of filters and centrifuges and purified by chromatography.
- fire: This is the sound of your soul being purified by fire, burning away years of negative karma.
Adjective complement
recombinant: Purified recombinant Bluetongue virus VP1 exhibits RNA replicase activity.
Modifying Another Word
- ritually: A Russian Orthodox believer takes a ritually purifying bath in the icy Moskva river during the Epiphany holiday.
- partially: Mast cells were partially purified using a series of techniques.
- highly: This highly purified CLA is the strongest of its kind on the market place.
- thus: Some oils actually inhibit airborne bacteria, thus purifying the air in a sickroom.
- then: Once a month the animals then ' give blood ' which is then purified to create the anti-venom.
- so: When he is so purified, then he assaults the mountain.
Infinitive complement
remove: The NaI crystal is grown from powder that has been purified to remove uranium, thorium and radioactive isotopes of potassium.
Preposition: in
way: The Refiner wished to shew, in the case of His servant, that He can purify in more ways than one.
Preposition: from
milk: A cheap vaccine purified from the milk of genetically modified mice has protected monkeys against the disease.
Preposition: by
- chromatography: The product is extracted using a series of filters and centrifuges and purified by chromatography.
- fire: This is the sound of your soul being purified by fire, burning away years of negative karma.
Browse dictionary entries near purify
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